Many decades ago, when I was still single, I created a pattern and sewed a Christmas stocking for myself. Being quite the lover of Christmas back then, I made it big so that it could hold a lot of goodies. When I got married, I made my husband a stocking of the same size. Then we had kids, and I made a stocking for each of them. Going through the stockings was traditionally our first Christmas morning "opening." I acquired a daughter-in-law and made her one of the stockings. I made one for grandson Luca's first Christmas. As of yesterday, new grandson Remy has his own stocking as the newest member of the family. It is pictured below.
Choosing the fabric is part of the fun. I have to go with "I'll know it when I see it." I looked at the fabric store a couple of different times for the "right" Remy fabric, and finally settled on the avocado snowmen and Santas because we are an avocado-loving family. That was one of the first "real" foods the parents fed Luca, and I'm sure such will be the same with Remy.
Grateful for creativity!
Leta
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| The name is embroidery, which my mother taught me many decades ago. |
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